51 results for 'cat:"Sanctions" AND cat:"Attorney Fees"'.
J. Ritter grants the school district's motion for sanctions, ruling the anonymous individual who filed the second lawsuit regarding sexual assault clearly violated the protective order in the initial case filed by the first anonymous individual because the complaint included confidential information and school records found only through discovery in the initial case. Although dismissal of the complaint is not warranted, attorney fees and costs will be granted to the school district once they provide estimates for work performed on issues relevant to the sanctions and violations of the confidentiality order.
Court: USDC New Mexico, Judge: Ritter, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1041, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: sanctions, attorney Fees
J. Haines awards Kids 2 more than $19,000 in sanctions based on testimony that plaintiffs' attorney "made countless improper objections, including repeatedly coaching his witnesses and testifying himself, and instructed his witnesses not to answer on more than two dozen instances" during the deposition phase of a wrongful death action.
Court: USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Haines, Filed On: September 27, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv166, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: sanctions, Wrongful Death, attorney Fees
J. Lioi adopts the magistrate judge's recommendation and grants the crossbow manufacturer's motion to hold the competitor in contempt, ruling the competitor's admission it violated the parties' protective order is sufficient to sanction the company in the amount of more than $39,000 for attorney fees and other costs.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Lioi, Filed On: September 22, 2023, Case #: 5:18cv1729, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Contempt, sanctions, attorney Fees
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J. Battaglia grants a ship repair company's motion for $9,060 in attorney fees after the employee's wage-and-hour case was terminated as a sanction for the employee's failure to comply with his discovery obligations. Although the employee argues that a payment of attorney fees would cause him severe financial hardship, that hardship was avoidable as he was given warnings about possible sanctions for noncompliance with discovery.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Battaglia, Filed On: September 13, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv2122, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, sanctions, attorney Fees
J. Howell grants default judgment against Giuliani in a defamation case as a sanction for his discovery violations, and is also ordered to pay more than $130,000 in attorney fees. "Giuliani has given only lip service to compliance with his discovery obligations and this [c]ourt’s orders by failing to take reasonable steps to preserve or produce" the electronically stored information at issue.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Howell, Filed On: August 30, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv3354, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: sanctions, Defamation, attorney Fees
J. Weiler grants, in part, taxpayer’s motion to impose sanctions, it was premature to award expenses and fees.
Court: U.S. Tax Court, Judge: Weiler, Filed On: August 29, 2023, Case #: 2023-111, Categories: sanctions, Tax, attorney Fees
[Consolidated.] Upon remand from the Texas Supreme Court, J. Alvarez vacates, in part, the trial court's assessment that a former county attorney must pay court costs, sanctions and attorney fees in his individual capacity following his unsuccessful case against county officials for the reduction in his salary. The attorney filed the case in his official capacity, and there is no evidence he was ever served individually or that his actions constituted a general appearance. Vacated in part.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Alvarez, Filed On: August 23, 2023, Case #: 04-19-00714-CV, Categories: Civil Procedure, sanctions, attorney Fees
J. Bratvold affirms the district court's dismissal of the countertop installer's counterclaims against the countertop manufacturer in a dispute over the collapse of their business relationship, along with its denial of the installer's motion for a new trial, its instructions to jurors on recoupment damages, its awards of attorney fees and costs and disbursements to the manufacturer and its sanctions of the installer's attorney. The parties' relationship was not a franchise, since a franchise fee does not include agreements to purchase goods at a "bona fide wholesale price." The court's award of costs and disbursements based on an unaccepted zero-dollar settlement offer was also appropriate, since the relief awarded against the installer was less favorable than the offer. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Bratvold, Filed On: August 21, 2023, Case #: A22-0723, Categories: sanctions, attorney Fees, Contract
J. Demarchi partially grants a class application for attorney fees and expert fees in this antitrust litigation related to telescopes. The class is granted $71,652 in attorney and expert fees, which is reduced $95,000 from the original amount requested, as it was unreasonable and inconsistent with a prior order.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Demarchi, Filed On: August 2, 2023, Case #: 5:20cv3642, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: sanctions, Experts, attorney Fees
J. Yarbrough finds that the lower court properly denied the appellants' request for attorney fees and sanctions in this case brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services. The department's petition was dismissed, but the appellants fail to "overcome the presumption that the petition was filed in good faith." Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Yarbrough, Filed On: August 1, 2023, Case #: 07-22-00051-CV, Categories: Family Law, sanctions, attorney Fees
J. King grants the customer's motion for monetary sanctions in the amount of $12,100 for the warehouse's failure to comply with discovery regarding the customer's lawsuit alleging that the warehouse's employee accidentally “pin[ned] him against a wall” with a pallet jack and “crush[ed]...his lower extremities.” The customer requested specific information as to the manufacturer and model of the pallet jack involved in the accident, but the warehouse did not supply the information until 17 months later. The delay cost the customer significant time and money that he would not have otherwise incurred.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: King, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv1536, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: sanctions, Negligence, attorney Fees
J. Boyle finds the lower court properly denied the wife's motion for attorney fees in a divorce dispute because she failed to file her motion at the correct time and missed a procedural deadline. Meanwhile, the trial court properly refused to hold a hearing on the wife's motion for sanctions because it had already found the husband's claims to be non-frivolous and a hearing would not have changed the outcome. Affirmed.
Court: Ohio Court Of Appeals, Judge: Boyle, Filed On: May 25, 2023, Case #: 2023-Ohio-1752, Categories: Family Law, sanctions, attorney Fees
[Amended.] J. Easterly reverses the superior court's award of $70,000 in attorney fees to a man who sought sanctions against his former domestic partner after she unsuccessfully sued for a divorce. There is no evidence the woman acted in bad faith or engaged in egregious conduct when she pursued the action. Reversed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: May 25, 2023, Case #: 21-FM-0737, Categories: Family Law, sanctions, attorney Fees
J. Deavers denies the non-party engineering firm's motion for sanctions, ruling the hydroelectric company did not abuse the subpoena process when it requested extensive documents and other discovery materials from the firm, which was integral to the project from which this lawsuit originally stemmed. However, the cost-shifting rule of procedure is applicable in this case, given the large amount of attorney fees and other costs incurred by the non-party firm, which produced more than 1.2 million documents throughout the discovery process. Therefore, the hydroelectric company will reimburse it for more than $82,000 in expenses.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Deavers, Filed On: May 24, 2023, Case #: 2:17cv708, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: sanctions, Discovery, attorney Fees
J. Mazzant awards the guitar maker $1,248 in net profits and $9,176 in attorney fees on its post-verdict claim of contempt against the competitor that was still selling infringing guitars in violation of the permanent injunction against it.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Texas , Judge: Mazzant, Filed On: May 23, 2023, Case #: 4:19cv358, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: sanctions, Trademark, attorney Fees